Okasan [This Quiet Lady]

(Tokyo: Dowa-ya Co., Ltd, 1993. Hardcover. Near Fine. First Japanese edition. Illustrated by Anita Lobel. Translated by Nana Mirai. Slim quarto. Text in Japanese. Pictorial boards. Front cover a bit sunned at the edges else fine, with the modestly worn printed wraparound band. Publisher's material laid in. A large and striking children's book, uncommon in the Japanese edition.